I have written over 100 reviews of Indie books this year and read over 200 books total.

I have spent my annual budget for books with a combination of Kindle Unlimited subscription, Patreon support of an author, GoFundMe of a bookstore, Kickstarter support of a book project, kindle downloads, and print books. I have gone to the following events to support authors and pick up new books: Marissa Meyer book signing in Tacoma for the Fairest Release, AFK I Heart Authors in February, an author signing at St. James, Author release party at the AFK, AFK Staycation author event, 2 author releases in North Bend, and a multi-author release party at UW Bellevue bookstore. What book events have you gone to this year?

I completed 43/50 of the following Reading Challenges

The Challenge

2014

2015

1

A book with more than 500 pages

Shift (Silo #2) by Hugh Howey (608)

Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan

2

A classic romance

Wildest Dreams by Stefany Rattles

Shatterd & Scarred (The Sacred Hearts MC, #1) by AJ Downey

3

A book that became a movie

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Duff by Kody Keplinger

4

A book published this year

Unseen by Stephanie Erickson

Mina Cortez: From Bouquets to Bullets by Jeffrey Cook

5

A book with a number in the title

13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

6

A book written by someone under 30

Deny the Moon by Melissa Graham

Silent Circle by Cassandra Larsen

7

A book with nonhuman characters

Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island by Cameron Pierce

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

8

A funny book

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Yes Please by Amy Pohler

9

A book by a female author

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (The Enchanted Forest by Patricia Wrede

From the Wreckage by Michele G. Miller

10

A mystery or thriller

Cache a Predator by M. Weidenbenner

Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot

11

A book with a one-word title

Room by Emma Donoghue

Cress by Marissa Meyer

12

A book of short stories

Free-Flowing Stories by FVP authors

The Fierce Reads Anthology by Anna Banks

13

A book set in a different country

The 100-Foot Journey by Richard Morais

Yassa: Genghis Khan’s Coming of Age Taley by Jo Michaels

14

A nonfiction book

Rock Your Plot: A Simple System for Plotting Your Novel by Cathy Yardley

You Are a Writer So Start Acting Like One by Jeff Goins

15

A popular author’s first book

Looking for Alaska by John Green

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

16

A book from an author you love that you hadn’t read yet

Silo by Hugh Howy

The Stillness of the Sky by Starla Huchton

17

A book a friend recommended

Heart of Africa by Loren Lockner

The Crossing Hour by Quoleena Sbrocca

18

A Pulitzer Prize-winning book

X

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

19

A book based on a true story

Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean

Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned” by Lena Dunham

20

A book at the bottom of your to-read list

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

21

A book your mom loves

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

X

22

A book that scares you

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Shining by Stephen King

23

A book more than 100 years old

X

X

24

A book based entirely on its cover

The Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island by Cameron Pierce

Food Rules: An Eater’s manual by Michael Pollan

25

A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t

NA

NA

26

A memoir

X

Yes, Please by Amy Poehler

27

A book you can finish in a day

If I stay by Gayle Foreman

The Encounter by Katherine Applegate

28

A book with antonyms in the title

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

29

A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit

X

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

30

A book that came out the year you were born

X

X

31

A book with bad reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

32

A trilogy

Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

33

A book from your childhood

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (The Enchanted Forest by Patricia Wrede